drink

v., drank (drăngk), drunk (drŭngk), drink·ing, drinks.

v.tr.

1. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid).
2. To swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel): drank a cup of tea.
3. To take in or soak up; absorb: drank the fresh air; spongy earth that drank up the rain.
4. To take in eagerly through the senses or intellect: drank in the beauty of the day.
5. 1. To give or make (a toast).
   2. To toast (a person or an occasion, for example): We'll drink your health.
6. To bring to a specific state by drinking alcoholic liquors: drank our sorrows away.

v.intr.

1. To swallow liquid: drank noisily; drink from a goblet.
2. To imbibe alcoholic liquors: They only drink socially.
3. To salute a person or an occasion with a toast: We will drink to your continued success.

n.

1. A liquid that is fit for drinking; a beverage.
2. An amount of liquid swallowed: took a long drink from the fountain.
3. An alcoholic beverage, such as a cocktail or highball.
4. Excessive or habitual indulgence in alcoholic liquor.
5. Chiefly Southern U.S. See soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.
6. Slang. A body of water; the sea: The hatch cover slid off the boat and into the drink.

[Middle English drinken, from Old English drincan.]

verb

1. To take into the mouth and swallow (a liquid): imbibe, pull on, quaff, sip, sup. Informal swig, toss down (or off). Slang belt. Idioms: wet one's whistle. See mouth.
2. To take alcoholic liquor, especially excessively or habitually: guzzle, imbibe, tipple. Informal nip², soak. Slang booze, lush², tank up. Idioms: bend the elbow, hit the bottle. See drugs/temperance.
3. To take in (moisture or liquid): absorb, imbibe, soak (up), sop up, take up. See give/take/reciprocity.
4. To salute by raising and drinking from a glass: pledge, toast. See desire, remember/forget.

noun

1. Any liquid that is fit for drinking: beverage, drinkable, liquor, potable. See dry/wet.
2. An act of drinking or the amount swallowed: draft, potation, pull, quaff, sip, sup, swill. Informal swig. Slang belt. See mouth.

Idioms beginning with drink:
drink like a fish
drink to

See also drive someone crazy (to drink); into the drink; meat and drink to; nurse a drink.

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n

Definition: beverage; alcoholic beverage
Antonyms: food

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IN BRIEF: To swallow liquid. Also: The liquid that is being swallowed.

Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English romantic poet and critic from The Ancient Mariner. Part ii.

Because water is a symbol of the unconscious, drinking water may indicate being nourished by the unconscious. Drinking alcohol may mean that one is seeking either pleasure or escape. Alcoholic ecstasy is also sometimes used to symbolize divine ecstasy, so that drinking in a dream may show a "thirst" for spiritual experiences.

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Common misspelling(s) of drink

• drnik

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - drikke, opsuge, drikke op, skåle for
v. intr. - drikke, være dranker
n. - drink, drik, tår, glas, spiritus, drikkeri

idioms:

• drink down    drikke ud
• drink in    sluge, suge til sig
• drink off    drikke ud
• drink someone under the table    drikke nogen under bordet
• drink to    skåle på
• drink up    drikke ud
• drink yourself into a stupor    drikke sig fra sans og samling
• drink yourself into oblivion    drikke sig til glemsel
• drinking water    drikkevand
• take to drink    begynde at drikke

Nederlands (Dutch)
drinken, in zich opnemen, toosten, aan de drank zijn, drankje, borrel, dronk, drank

Français (French)
v. tr. - boire, s'adonner à la boisson, prendre, manger
v. intr. - s'adonner à la boisson, trinquer
n. - boisson, verre, coup, pot, apéritif, digestif, la boisson, l'alcool, flotte/mer (fam)

idioms:

• drink down    avaler, boire d'un trait
• drink in    absorber, boire (en parlant des plantes, du sol), (fig) avaler (une histoire), respirer, humer
• drink off    ingurgiter, finir entièrement, boire complètement
• drink someone under the table    faire rouler qn sous la table
• drink to    boire à la santé de, porter un toast à
• drink up    boire, vider son verre
• drink yourself into a stupor    être abruti par la boisson
• drink yourself into oblivion    boire jusqu'à l'oubli
• drinking water    eau potable
• in drink    (fig) être à la baille/à la patouille
• take to drink    s'adonner à la boisson

Deutsch (German)
n. - Getränk, Gläschen, Alkohol
v. - trinken, aufsaugen, anstoßen

idioms:

• drink down    auf einmal austrinken
• drink in    ein-/aufsaugen, begierig aufnehmen
• drink off    auf einmal austrinken
• drink someone under the table    jmndn. unter den Tisch trinken
• drink to    anstoßen auf, etwas/jmdm. zustimmen
• drink up    austrinken, leeren
• drink yourself into a stupor    sich bis zur Bewußtlosigkeit betrinken
• drink yourself into oblivion    sich bis zur Bewußtlosigkeit betrinken
• drinking water    Trinkwasser
• in drink    betrunken
• take to drink    zu trinken anfangen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οινοπνευματώδες) ποτό, πιοτό
v. - πίνω, κατεβάζω, απορροφώ

idioms:

• drink down    πίνω, καταπίνω, κατεβάζω
• drink in    ρουφώ
• drink off    πίνω μονορούφι, κατεβάζω, στραγγίζω
• drink someone under the table    ανταγωνίζομαι σε ποτό μέχρις αναισθησίας του αντιπάλου
• drink to    εγείρω πρόποση υπέρ, πίνω στην υγεία
• drink up    πίνω μέχρι τελευταία σταγόνα
• drink yourself into a stupor    γίνομαι στουπί στο μεθύσι
• drink yourself into oblivion    γίνομαι στουπί στο μεθύσι
• drinking water    πόσιμο νερό
• hard drink    δυνατό ποτό
• take to drink    το ρίχνω στο πιοτό

Italiano (Italian)
bere, brindare, sorsata, bicchierino, bibita

idioms:

• drink down/off    buttar giù
• drink in    assorbire
• drink someone under the table    far ubriacare
• drink to    brindare a
• drink up    bere
• drink yourself into a stupor    sbronzarsi
• drink yourself into oblivion    ubriacarsi
• drinking water    acqua potabile
• take to drink    dare a bere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bebida (f)
v. - beber

idioms:

• drink down/off    beber de uma só vez
• drink in    ouvir ou olhar com prazer
• drink someone under the table    vencer alguém no beber
• drink to    brindar
• drink up    absorver
• drink yourself into a stupor    beber até desmaiar
• drink yourself into oblivion    beber para esquecer
• drinking water    água (f) potável
• take to drink    começar a beber

Русский (Russian)
пить, выпить, напиток, выпивка, злоупотребление спиртным

idioms:

• drink down/off    выпить залпом
• drink in    вдыхать, жадно впитывать
• drink someone under the table    запить собутыльника под стол
• drink to    выпить за что-либо
• drink up    допить
• drink yourself into a stupor    напиться до бесчувствия
• drink yourself into oblivion    напиться до беспамятства
• drinking water    питьевая вода
• take to drink    берется за спиртом, пристраститься к спиртному

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - beber, brindar, tragar
v. intr. - beber, brindar, darse a la bebida, embeberse
n. - trago, sorbo, copa, licor, bebida

idioms:

• drink down    beber de un trago
• drink in    beber, beberse, absorber
• drink off    beber de un trago
• drink someone under the table    aguantar más bebiendo que otro
• drink to    brindar por, beber a la salud de
• drink up    terminar de beber, bebérselo todo
• drink yourself into a stupor    beber hasta quedar inconsciente
• drink yourself into oblivion    beber hasta quedar inconsciente
• drinking water    agua potable
• in drink    intoxicado
• take to drink    darse a la bebida

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dryck, klunk
v. - dricka, suga upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
饮, 喝, 喝酒喝得, 举杯祝贺, 吸收, 酗酒, 喝酒, 干杯, 饮料, 酒

idioms:

• drink down    借酒消愁, 比酒量使醉倒
• drink in    吸收
• drink off    一饮而尽
• drink someone under the table    喝最多的酒
• drink to    干杯
• drink up    喝光
• drink yourself into a stupor    饮酒过量失去意识
• drink yourself into oblivion    饮酒过量失去意识
• drinking water    饮用水
• take to drink    嗜酒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 飲, 喝, 喝酒喝得, 舉杯祝賀, 吸收
v. intr. - 飲, 喝, 酗酒, 喝酒, 乾杯
n. - 飲料, 酒

idioms:

• drink down    借酒消愁, 比酒量使醉倒
• drink in    吸收
• drink off    一飲而盡
• drink someone under the table    喝最多的酒
• drink to    乾杯
• drink up    喝光
• drink yourself into a stupor    飲酒過量失去意識
• drink yourself into oblivion    飲酒過量失去意識
• drinking water    飲用水
• take to drink    嗜酒

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 마시다, (물을) 흡수하다, (금전 등을) 마셔서 없애다, ~를 축하하며 건배하다
v. intr. - 마시다, 만취하다, 건배하다
n. - 마실 것, 술, 한 모금

idioms:

• drink down    단숨에 들이키다, (걱정 등을) 술로 잊다, 취해서 곤드라지게 하다
• drink in    넋을 잃고 바라보다
• drink off    마셔버리다
• drink to    ~를 위해 잔을 들다
• drink up    다 마시다
• take to drink    술 마시는 버릇이 생기다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 飲み物, 一杯, 酒
v. - 飲む, 酒を飲む, 乾杯する, 吸収する, 吸う

idioms:

• drink down/off    …のために乾杯する, 飲用する
• drink in    吸い込む, 深く感受する
• drink someone under the table    飲んで酔いつぶす
• drink to    杯を上げて祈る
• drink to someone's health    健康を祈って乾杯する
• drink up    飲み干す
• drink yourself into a stupor    酒を飲んで意識を失う
• drink yourself into oblivion    酒を飲んで記憶を失う
• take to drink    酒癖がつく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شراب, شارب كحولي, جرعه, أسراف في شرب الخمر (فعل) يشرب, يدمن الشراب ( وبخاصه الكحولي)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שתה, ספג, בזבז כסף על משקאות‬
v. intr. - ‮שתה לשוכרה‬
n. - ‮משקה, שתיה, משקאות, ליקר, כוס משקה‬

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